SENATE FLOOR ACTION |
Monday May 20, 2019 |
The Senate suspended the necessary rules to consider and finally pass: |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual income tax. |
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Relating to candidates nominated by convention. |
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Relating to the commencement of construction of a project following the issuance of a draft permit for a permit amendment to an air quality permit. |
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Relating to voter registration. 2 Floor Amendments |
The following bills were passed on the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar: |
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Relating to a study of the conversion of surface mine pits and quarries to water storage reservoirs in order to enhance this state's available water supply. |
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Relating to the timely filing of reports of political contributions and expenditures; increasing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
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Relating to disaster preparation for state agencies and political subdivisions. |
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Relating to the designation of State Highway Loop 322 in Taylor County as the Officer Rodney T. Holder Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the creation and promulgation of certain standard forms for statewide use in criminal actions. |
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Relating to the inclusion of a magistrate's name on certain signed orders. |
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Relating to personal identification documents for foster children or youth or homeless children or youth. |
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Relating to reports by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality about dams that have certain hazard classifications. |
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Relating to the period of certain driver's license suspensions. |
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Relating to providing for endorsements for public high school students enrolled in special education programs. |
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Relating to certain disclosures and notices required for certain life insurance policies. |
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Relating to the time for providing a ballot to be voted by mail to a voter. |
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Relating to a requirement that online admission application forms for public institutions of higher education include a link to certain comparative gainful employment data. |
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Relating to inquest summary reports and the preservation of evidence collected in the course of an inquest. |
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Relating to the governance and operation of municipal management districts. |
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Relating to the requirement that certain political subdivisions with authority to impose a tax post certain information on an Internet website. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1570 and Spur 1570 in Hunt County as the John L. Horn Memorial Parkway. |
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Relating to excluding certain students from the computation of dropout and completion rates for purposes of public school accountability. |
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Relating to the automatic issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person 60 years of age or older whose driver's license has been surrendered or revoked. |
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Relating to jurisdiction in a suit for adoption of a child and the mandatory transfer of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship to the court in which a suit for adoption is pending. |
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Relating to submission of reports by an advanced practice registered nurse under the workers' compensation system. |
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Relating to student access to public school instructional materials and technology. |
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Relating to policies on the recess period in public schools. |
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Relating to the use of certain weapons in or on the beds or banks of certain rivers and streams in particular counties. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 288 in Harris County as the Barbara Jordan Memorial Parkway. |
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Relating to the right to express breast milk. |
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Relating to temporary orders during the pendency of an appeal in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 71 in Wharton County as the Game Warden Justin Hurst Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 59 in Harris County as the Commissioner El Franco Lee Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the location at which an application for a disabled parking placard may be made. |
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Relating to voluntary contributions to the evidence testing grant program made when applying for a corrected or duplicate driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate. |
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Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of sexual assault; enhancing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to the public high school graduation credit requirements for a language other than English. |
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Relating to the establishment of an electronic database for settlement agreements for certain suits involving minors or incapacitated persons; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the state and regional water planning process. |
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Relating to the issuance of China Service Medal specialty license plates. |
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Relating to the sale by certain municipalities of leased land located near the shoreline of a lake. |
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Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers and other public employees killed in the line of duty. |
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Relating to the right of a parent of a deceased person to view the person's body before an autopsy is performed. |
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Relating to the duration of a bingo occasion. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Business State Highway 6-R in Brazos County as the Carolyn and John David Crow Memorial Parkway. |
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Relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting a child as a family member at a port of entry. |
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Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of a pregnant woman. |
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Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area. |
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Relating to the use of a county early voting polling place by a political subdivision. |
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Relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered by certified mail or electronic mail. |
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Relating to territory included in a common characteristic or use project in a public improvement district established by a municipality. |
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Relating to an annual report concerning the number of inmates who have been in the conservatorship of a state agency responsible for providing child protective services. |
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Relating to the United States history end-of-course assessment instrument administered to public high school students and reporting requirements for that assessment instrument. |
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Relating to the provision of flood coverage under insurance policies issued by surplus lines insurers. |
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Relating to the creation of a disaster case management system by the Texas Division of Emergency Management. |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 565; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to cybersecurity of voter registration lists and other election-related documents, systems, and technology. |
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Relating to the recording of a criminal offense of transporting household goods without registration in a driving record. |
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Relating to changes made by certain design-build contractors to the design-build team for transportation projects. |
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Relating to the designation of the Kollyn Barton Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the public resale by means of a public auction using online bidding and sale of property purchased by a taxing unit at an ad valorem tax sale. |
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of continuous violence against the family. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 377; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 378; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 380; providing authority to issue bonds. |
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Relating to affidavits concerning cost and necessity of services. |
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Relating to a person holding office as a municipal judge in more than one municipality at the same time. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 377 in Kimble County as the Governor Coke R. Stevenson Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the deadline for filing an application for an allocation of the value of certain property for ad valorem tax purposes. |
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Relating to the applicability of the requirements relating to the adoption of a new state agency rule by the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
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Relating to eligibility of surplus lines insurers to provide windstorm and hail coverage. |
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Relating to certain construction liability claims concerning public buildings and public works. |
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Relating to the form of a candidate's name on a ballot. |
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Relating to the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license has been surrendered. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 62 in Seminole as the Dell Ross Claiborne Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to reporting concerning female prisoners who are confined in county jails and to the provision of feminine hygiene products to female prisoners. |
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Relating to a report of information concerning juvenile offenders committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department who have been in foster care. |
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Relating to trusts. |
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Relating to procedures for tax auditing, determining amounts of overpayments, and obtaining reimbursements of overpayments of gas production taxes. |
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Relating to the placement of a slow-moving-vehicle emblem. |
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Relating to information and communication of governmental and other entities regarding disasters and health and human services. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 385 in Seagraves as the Irvin "Butch" Hill Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the payment of certain sales and use taxes by a retailer. |
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Relating to the territory of and fees imposed by certain emergency communication districts. |
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Relating to the indigent status of a person for purposes of the driver responsibility program. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 45 in Montgomery County as the George P. Mitchell Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 180 in Gaines County as the Bob Ford Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients of the Combat Action Badge or Combat Infantryman Badge. |
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Relating to the creation of the Richfield Ranch Water Control and Improvement District of Harris County, Texas; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to certain restrictions on contributions and expenditures from political funds by a lobbyist. |
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Relating to the administration of the practical examination required for a barbering or cosmetology license. |
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Relating to authorized investments for governmental entities and a study of the investment and management of funds by public schools. |
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Relating to authorization for the sale of certain Texas Tech University property. |
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Relating to the administration, duties, and operation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to an anatomical gift on behalf of a resident in a state supported living center. |
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Relating to the rule of decision in a court of this state. |
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Relating to changing the eligibility of persons charged with certain offenses to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision. |
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Relating to the police pension fund in certain municipalities. |
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Relating to obsolete references to the Texas Probate Code. |
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Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material. |
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Relating to the transport of alcoholic beverages for personal consumption. |
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Relating to making a false statement or false representation in certain documents filed with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. |
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Relating to the designation of State Highway 99 in Chambers County as the Deputy Sheriff Shane Detwiler Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the use by certain municipalities of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery. |
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Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities. |
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Relating to certain requirements for and limitations on design-build contracts for highway projects of the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain occupations, activities, and agreements; providing a civil penalty; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational registration and an occupational license. |
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Relating to the necessity of hearings regarding the dissolution or conversion of certain conservation and reclamation districts. |
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Relating to perpetual care trust funds and a master trust account. |
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Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to provide to a school district certain information used in determining academic accountability ratings for the district. |
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Relating to emergency warning systems operated by municipalities and counties. |
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Relating to political expenditures made by a corporation to finance the solicitation of political contributions to a political committee. |
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Relating to the use of certain license plates on classic motor vehicles and travel trailers, custom vehicles, street rods, and certain exhibition vehicles. |
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Relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on best practice standards for the detention of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
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Relating to an occupational and life skills associate degree program offered by the Lone Star College System District. |
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Relating to county and municipal approval procedure for land development applications. |
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Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for disaster recovery funds. |
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Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 35; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 34; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Waller County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to certain hearings concerning title insurance rates and other matters relating to regulating the business of title insurance. |
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Relating to an award of costs and attorney's fees in a motion to dismiss for certain actions that have no basis in law or fact. |
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Relating to requirements for programs of water conservation and water conservation plans. |
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Relating to the deposit and distribution by the Texas Racing Commission of certain pari-mutuel wagering funds to benefit the Texas-bred program. |
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Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for certain amusement services. |
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Relating to the establishment of a sickle cell task force. |
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Relating to authority of the Lubbock County Hospital District of Lubbock County, Texas, to employ physicians. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 79 as the Sgt. Chris Kelley Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the administration, collection, and remittance of the cigars and tobacco products tax; requiring a permit. |
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Relating to the creation of a family violence pretrial diversion pilot program in Bexar County. |
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Relating to the transfer of certain permitted irrigation water rights related to a certain portion of the Edwards Aquifer. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the North Central Texas Municipal Water Authority. |
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Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 6 as the Corporal David Anthony Gentry Memorial Bridge. |
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Relating to the apprehension of a child after escape from a secure juvenile facility or violation of conditions of release under supervision. |
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Relating to the office of the inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. |
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Relating to the issuance of buyer's temporary tags for vehicles sold by governmental agencies. |
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Relating to authorizing tastings by certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers at certain events. |
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Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 41 in Lubbock County as the David Nelson Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the authority of rural hospitals to establish a health care collaborative. |
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Relating to the countywide polling place program. |
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Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 85th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. |
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Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of The Securities Act, including conforming amendments. |
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Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments. |
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Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments. |
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Relating to photographs on certain state-issued identification cards. |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris-Waller Counties Municipal Utility District No. 4; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Orchard Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Orchard Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the City of Kemah Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds and impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Cy-Champ Public Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
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Relating to the board of directors and powers and duties of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 13; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax. |
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Relating to the board of directors and powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 436; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Richfield Ranch Management District of Harris County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the modernization of the law governing the Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas. |
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Relating to the creation of the Northeast Burnet County Water District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Ranch at Cypress Creek Municipal Utility District No. 1. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 222; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Gateway Park Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 570; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 478; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 25; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 572; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the SH130 Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the administration of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, including the authority to impose taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 240; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the territory of the Sutton County Underground Water Conservation District. |
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Relating to the creation of the Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 77; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Dove Valley Ranch Municipal Utility District of Johnson County; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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Relating to the creation of the Cameron County Flood Control District; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes and to issue bonds. |
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Relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 35 in Matagorda County as the D. R. "Tom" Uher Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the creation of the Oak Farms Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees. |
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Recognizing human trafficking as a public health issue. |
The following bills were removed from the Local and Uncontested Bills Calendar: |
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Relating to acceptable uses of the instructional materials and technology fund and the instructional materials and technology allotment. |
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Relating to immunity from liability of a court clerk and county for the disclosure or release of certain court documents and information contained in the court documents. |
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Relating to the composition of the Riverbend Water Resources District and the terms of the board of directors of that district. |
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Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored. |
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Relating to certain offenses relating to disturbing or taking marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell or disturbing oyster beds or fishing waters; increasing the criminal penalty. |
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Relating to admission of certain students to an open-enrollment charter school. |
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Relating to the appointment and election of levee improvement district directors. |
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Relating to facilities of the hospital system of the Reagan Hospital District of Reagan County, Texas. |
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Relating to information required to be published with a notice of intent to apply for the passage of a local or special law. |
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Relating to the exclusion of the operation of certain vehicles from commercial driver's license requirements. |
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Relating to the coordination of certain broadband projects by the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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Relating to regulations for taking marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell. |
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Relating to exempting certain trailers from being equipped with emergency brakes. |
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Relating to oversight of specialty court programs. |
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Relating to the disclosure of information concerning the corporate governance structure of certain insurers and related entities; providing an administrative penalty. |
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Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 242; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
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